
A photograph of a pile of rubble from the demolished Wood's Mill grain silo on Wise Street.
A photograph of building rubble lying on a wooden crate on the footpath outside the Cranmer Courts.
A photograph of an excavator dropping building rubble into the back of a truck on Tuam Street.
A photograph of an excavator dropping building rubble into the back of a truck on Tuam Street.
A black and white photograph of a steel structure on a demolition site filled with building rubble.
A digger sits on top of a pile of rubble from a demolished building on Colombo Street.
A "Pay and display" parking sign in front of a pile of rubble from a demolished building.
A photograph of earthquake damage to 141-149 Manchester Street. Rubble from the building covers the footpath.
A photograph of an excavator clearing the rubble from the demolished building at 270 St Asaph Street.
A large pile of rubble from a demolished building. In the foreground is a garden seating area.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office walking down Lichfield Street towards the intersection of Madras Street. Buildings on either side of the team have been damaged by the earthquake and there are piles of rubble on the street in front of them.
A photograph of the intersection of High, Lichfield, and Manchester Streets, taken from the corner of High and Lichfield Streets. Emergency management personnel are sitting and standing in front of wire fences which are blocking off the intersection. In the background several excavators are clearing rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings.
A photograph of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team walking down Lichfield Street. Plastic fencing and road cones have been placed along both sides of the road as cordons. Behind the fences are piles of bricks and other rubble from the buildings above.
A photograph of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team walking down Lichfield Street. Plastic fencing and road cones have been placed along both sides of the road as cordons. Behind the fences are piles of bricks and other rubble from the buildings above.
A photograph looking west down Cashel Street towards the Bridge of Remembrance. Rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings is piled on the road in the distance. Wire fencing has been placed in front of a seating area to the left and around a building in the distance.
A photograph looking north-west down High Street towards the intersection with Manchester Street. Rubble from several earthquake-damaged buildings lines both sides of the street. In the distance members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team and several excavators are working.
A photograph of a pile of twisted steel reinforcement and other rubble at the entrance to the Smiths City car park on Dundas Street. In the background a section of the collapsed car park has not been demolished yet. Many cars are still parked on the top floor.
A photograph of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team walking down Lichfield Street. Plastic fencing and road cones have been placed along both sides of the road as cordons. Behind the fences are piles of bricks and other rubble from the buildings above.
A photograph looking east down Cashel Street towards the intersection of Colombo Street. A section of one of the buildings on the left has collapsed and the rubble has spilled onto the street. A van has been crushed by the fallen rubble. The message, 'clear', has been spray-painted on the windscreen of the van. In the foreground signs from several shops are still on the street. There is also earthquake damage to the building on the right. Sections of this building's facade have crumbled and the bricks have spilled onto the street below, damaging the awning.
A photograph of a crane and building rubble on a Tuam Street site, next to John Bull Cycles.
Members of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue Team clearing rubble on the site of the CTV Building.
A photograph of a pile of collapsed scaffolding and building rubble on Lichfield Street, opposite the Bus Exchange.
A member of the South Australian Urban Search and Rescue team digging through rubble in the central city.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An excavator loading rubble from the demolished Strategy building into a truck".
A photograph of diggers clearing rubble from the site of the partially-demolished St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.
A pile of rubble from the demolised Colombo Street Wesleyan Church, cordoned off with tape and road cones.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An excavator loading rubble from the demolished Strategy building into a truck".
Members of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue Team clearing rubble on the site of the CTV Building.
Smoke billowing from the remains of the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Flames are visible through a gap in the intact section of the building. Below, emergency personnel can be seen searching the rubble for trapped people. On the right, two workers are using a piece of corrugated plastic as a slide to remove objects from the rubble.
An image from a Army News March 2011 photo compilation titled, "All in a Days Work". The image is captioned, "Searching through the rubble". In the image, members of the South Australian Urban Search and Rescue team are digging through rubble in the central city. In the background, a digger can be seen.